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...several peshmerga checkpoints. DNO asked Time not to publish its Kurdish employees' real names for fear they would be attacked for working for a foreign oil company. (Khadir is not the oil worker's real name.) Kurdistan's fragile peace could end quickly if Baghdad's government tries to curb the Kurds' growing economic clout and political autonomy. Most Kurds don't seem to want any part of a greater Iraq - especially while ethnic violence continues in Baghdad. Large oil finds in the territory "would bolster the sense on the street that the Kurds can survive on their own," says...
...group of concerned Cantabrigians gathered yesterday to discuss many collegians’ favorite crime—underage drinking. The panel discussion, hosted by the Cambridge Prevention Coalition, a citizen policy group that aims to curb alcohol use among minors, emphasized the effectiveness of an approach using prevention and treatment, rather than enforcement and punishment. Guests also discussed a bill pending in the Massachusetts legislature that would make it illegal for those under 21 to consume alcohol. Danny A. Trujillo, associate dean for substance abuse programs at MIT, said that recent policy revisions have led to a 260 percent increase...
Martin Fleischmann, president of MostChoice, which offers online insurance and mortgage services and advertises with Yahoo, said that he is working closely with Yahoo and Google to try to curb click fraud, as well as other types of internet fraud, which he describes as “thievery...
...life, which she had left behind seven months ago, now leave her home. Smith had just returned to her New Orleans home that Friday morning, and seven Harvard undergraduates had met her with heavy gloves and face masks.Now they were gutting her home, carrying her moldy belongings to the curb with aching arms as others tore doors from hinges with crowbars.Smith watched silently, her face hidden by a mask.As the spring break volunteers deposited the debris on the curb, the pile slowly grew to span the length of the modest New Orleans home.“I was going through...
...rallies may be provoking a backlash among Republican opponents of the bill. Republican Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Congressman who has been one of the leaders in the House?s push to curb illegal immigration, told the Denver Post the rallies only made him more determined to crack down on illegal immigrants. "All these folks who are here illegally know they can protest brazenly," he said. "It's really a mockery of our immigration system." He added that the protests make him even more determined to pass a House bill that does not provide for a guest worker program and would...